Sink-strainer.



E. FISHER.

SINK STRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. II. 1915.

1 1 @EW, Patented Nov. 16, 1915.

PATENT @FI I@E.

ELMER FISHER, 0F DE'I ROI 'I, MICHIGAN.

SINK-STRAINER.

Specification of Letters, Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1.915

Application filed February 11, 1915. Serial No. 7510.

elude any possibility of the contents of the strainer dripping,particularly when the strainer is carried from a sink to a garbage canor other receptacle to be emptied.

Another object of my invention is to furnish a portable strainer with a.permanent drip pan" that will serve as a base for the strainer when setupon a table or other support, also as a protecting shield for the lowerend of the strainer to prevent the bottom thereof from being indented orotherwise injured.

A further object of this invention is to improve the present type ofsink strainer by providing the same with a strong and durable.imperforate bottom which forms a gutter around the wall of the strainerand prevents solid ntatter or drippings from escaping and in allprobability clogging a sink or the drain opening thereof.

The above and other objects are obtained by a mechanicalconstructionthat will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed. andreference will now be had to the drawing, whcrein- Figure 1 is aperspective view of a. strainer in accordance with this invention; andFig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of' a portion of the same.

strainer in accordance with this invention'compriscs a substantiallyinverted frusto-conical shaped shell, 1 that has the walls thereofprovided with a series of openings or 'mrt'orations .3 and a series ofopenings or,

pcrft'orations the latter being much smaller than the former andlocatedat the lower edges of the shell.

At the large or upper end of the shell 1 the tlges thereof are rolled,as at 4 and reintorccd or stiffened by a wire which provides asuspension loop or hanger 5 by which the strainer can be suspended in asink,

preferably in a corner thereof, from a nail 0r pin at the upper edge ofthe sink.

The small or lower end of the shell 1 is provided with aperturcd lugs 6.which are preferably integral with the shell and later ally disposed.Riveted or otherwise connected to these lugs. as at T is aconveXo-concave imperforate bottom plate 8 and the peripheral edges ofsaid bottom plate project outwardly from the walls of the shell and arecurved upwardly to form a gutter 9. This gutter is exterior-1y of theshell and the bottom platecoiiperatcs with the wallsot the shell informing'an annular interior gutter 10. These two gutters cooperate inholding drippings in suspension and preventing liquid matter fromdripping from the strainer, particularly when being carried from a sinkto a garbage can or receptacle. The convexity of the bottom plate tendsto deflect liquid matter toward the gutters 10 and 9 and the smallperforations 3 are adapted to prevent coffee grounds and small particlesof matter from passing into the exterior gutter The bottom plate 8attords a substantial base for the strainer thereby precluding anypossibility of the strainer tilting or accidcntallv upsetting whenplaced upon a table or support, as is often necessary when'rcmoving thelid of a garbage can. The bottom plate is pressed and stamped from asingle piece of material and I attach considerable importance to thesimplicity of construction and to the fact that a material advantage isgained without increasing the cost of an ordinary sink strainer.

The article in its entirety can be finished to make the same.non-corrmlible and to present a neat appearance.

What I claim is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a pcrforated sinkstrainer having a permanent bottom plate providing inner and outer gutters at the lower end of said strainer.

2. As a new article of manufacture," a perforated sink strainer having apermanent conveXo-concave bottom plate providing inner and outer annulargutters at the lower end thereof.

In testimony whereof I atiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELMER FISHER. IVitnesses KARL H. BUTLER, ANNA M. Donn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe commieaioner 0t Patenta. Washington, D. G.

